"Then why didn't you consider that I might have been lying to you? Maybe I'm not actually that old. Maybe my age and appearance don't differ all that much, really," Belaque said with a smile.
"Of course I considered that. I think that's actually the most reasonable explanation—you're not an old person at all. You're just a child with plenty of life experience," Uchiha Madara said.
As Uchiha Madara and Belaque spoke, a rustling sound suddenly came from the distance.
"Something's coming. And our food is coming too," Belaque said happily.
"See? I told you my method would work. I have plenty of wilderness survival experience," Uchiha Madara said.
The two of them had thought they were completely out of supplies, so the animal that suddenly appeared now was practically like gospel to them.
Neither of them had particularly high requirements for food, but their means of transportation, the Blue-Feathered Griffin, would have no strength without food. And it had gone from carrying one person to carrying two.
The Blue-Feathered Griffin's stamina was being drained rapidly, so their most urgent task now was to feed it first.
Even the ever-vigilant Blue-Feathered Griffin had fallen asleep now due to its excessive exhaustion.
It had not noticed the faint rustling.
"Can't you activate your perception? If you'd activated it sooner, our Blue-Feathered Griffin might not have been eaten," Belaque said to Uchiha Madara.
"I did that for our safety. If I can sense others, then others can sense us too. That means I may know danger is coming, but the danger will also know that we're coming," Uchiha Madara said.
"With your current strength, is there really anything in this environment that you consider dangerous?" Belaque asked.
"Not for the moment. But wasn't Winterfort supposed to be dangerous? That's why I've been